CURRICULUM VITAE AND STUDIORUM Giorgia Giordani December 2018
Contents 1 Personal Information ...... 2 1.1 Personal Details ...... 2 1.2 Qualification ...... 3 1.3 Attended courses & workshop ...... 3 2 Professional Memberships and Scientific Affiliations ...... 4 3 Career History ...... 4 4 Research ...... 5 4.1 Statement on Research ...... 5 4.2 Experience ...... 5 4.3 Research Outputs...... 6 Journal Publications ...... 6 Articles and Chapter of Books Submitted or under Submission ...... 7 Posters and Presentation at National and International Meetings ...... 7 5 Scholarship & Awards ...... 9 5.1 Scholarship ...... 9 6 Certification ...... 10 7 Teaching ...... 10 7.1 Previous teaching and Research Degree Activities ...... 10 8 Relating and Supporting ...... 11 8.1 Foreign languages and periods in foreign countries...... 11 9 Referees...... 11
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1 Personal Information 1.1 Personal Details
Name Giorgia Surname Giordani Date of Birth 13th Oct 1988 Birthplace Bologna; Italy Nationality Italian
Professional address Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK [email protected]
Personal UK address 72 New North Road, Huddersfield HD1 5NE, UK tel. +44 (0) 7511657258 [email protected]
Personal Italian Via Conti Fieschi 39 address 40055 Castenaso (BO), Italy tel. + 39 3389471444 [email protected]
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1.2 Qualification 2014 Official State Qualification as a Professional Biologist, University of Modena, Italy
2014 Qualification as “Forensic examiner”, Accademia Internazionale Scienze Forensi (AISF – International Academy of Forensic Science), Rome, Italy
2013 Graduation (Master, 2 years) in Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Bologna, Italy; first-class honours degree (110/110 cum laude). Title of dissertation (Tesi): "In vivo analysis of the effect of the anti leukemia drug, PF- 04449913, on the homeostasis of hematopoietic precursors of Drosophila melanogaster”
2010 Graduation (Bachelor, 3 years) in Biological Sciences (Cellular-molecular Course), University of Bologna, Italy; first-class degree (108/110). Title of dissertation (Tesi): "Characterization of non-LTR transposable element R2 on L. arcticus”
1.3 Attended courses & workshop 1. “Diptera family identification” workshop organised by John and Barbara Ismay and Jann Billker – 20-21/01/2018, Oxford, United Kingdom.
2. “Presenting at a research conference” 19/10/2017, Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
3. “Sistematica degli insetti” (Insects’ systematic) course by WBA- World Biodiversity Association. 22-24/06/2017, Vicenza, Italy.
4. “Forensically important Diptera: identification workshop” by Krzysztof Szpila (Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torún). 19-23/09/2016, Torún, Poland.
5. “Future 3D-identification keys of fly families and exercise of Sarchophagidae genitalia preparation support by Hirox” organised by Z. Soltesz, T. Pape – 28/05/2016, Budapest, Hungary
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6. AgEstimation workshop by Prof Roberto Cameriere (University of Macerata). 13- 14/05/2016, Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
7. Biological Evidence Collection: Tecniche di Ricerca, Analisi e Raccolta (Biological Evidence Collection: Research, Analysis and Collection Techniques) by RA.SE.T. "Formazione, Ricerca e Sviluppo". 29/11/2014, Rome, Italy
8. Corso di Alta Formazione in Scienze Forensi, Analisi Investigativa, intervento sulla scena del crimine e Criminal Profiling (Advanced Training Course in Forensic Sciences, Investigation Analysis, Crime Scene Intervention and Criminal Profiling) V edition by Accademia Internazionale Scienze Forensi (AISF – International Academy of Forensic Science). October 2013/May 2014, Rome, Italy
2 Professional Memberships and Scientific Affiliations 2018 AISUK - Association of Italian Scientists in the UK (https://www.aisuk.org/)
2018 EAFE – European Association of Forensic Entomology (http://www.eafe.org/)
2015 GIEF – Gruppo Italiano Entomologia Forense (Italian Association for Forensic Entomology) - member of the scientific board since December 2017 (http://www.giefitalia.org/)
2014 Ordine Nazionale dei Biologi (National Professional Order of Biologists), Italy (http://www.onb.it/)
3 Career History 21/09/2015-17/12/2018: Full time PhD in Funerary Archaeoentomology, University of Huddersfield
11/2013 - 10/2014 Research fellowship: Use of Drosophila melanogaster as a model system of chronic myelogenous leukemia, University of Bologna
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4 Research 4.1 Statement on Research Funerary Archaeoentomology is the discipline that studies insects from human remains, tombs, mummies and other burials. These studies allow investigation of funerary practices, thanatology (the process of decaying over time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatology ) and of the hygienic and social conditions of populations. The aim of my project is the development of a new DNA extraction protocol that allows to prevent morphological destruction of flies from modern and museum collections and archaeological insect samples in order to combine repetitive morphological and molecular analysis. The possibility to extract the DNA, preserving the integrity of the samples, gives to this study an application in different branches of knowledge like Funerary Archaeoentomology and Forensic Entomology and allows the species identification of museum and private collections.
4.2 Experience - Field collection: participation to National and International entomological sampling (Italy, UK, Peru) - Experimental design: preparation and optimisation of DNA extraction and amplification protocols from entomological samples (modern and ancient) - Laboratory practice: insects breading and dissection, entomological collection maintenance, samples preparation, DNA extraction (commercial Kit and homemade buffer), amplification (PCR, RT-PCR), purification, DNA hybridization, immunohistochemistry, microscopy (optical microscopy, digital microscopy, electron microscopy, confocal microscopy) -Laboratory management: risk assessment, reagent purchase, material storage, equipment maintenance, providers management -Data analysis: statistical analysis (GraphPad, Excel, SPSS, R), bioinformatics, image analysis (Image J, Photoshop, Illustrator) -Student supervision: undergraduate and master students, practical support and teaching
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4.3 Research Outputs Journal Publications 1. Bernardoni R., Giordani G., Signorino E., Monticelli S., Messa F., Pradotto M., Rosso V., Bracco E., Giangrande A., Perini G., Saglio G., Cilloni D. (2018) A new BCR- ABL1 Drosophila model as a powerful tool to elucidate pathogenesis and progression of chronic myeloid leukemia. Haematologica. https://doi:10.3324/haematol.2018.198267
2. Bortolini S., Tuccia F., Giordani G., Maistrello L., Vanin S. (2018) Do longer sequences improve the accuracy of identification of forensically important insect species? PeerJ. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5962
3. Giordani G., Grzywacz A. and Vanin S. (2018) Characterization and identification of puparia of Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Muscidae) from forensic and archaeological contexts. Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy142
4. Giordani G., Tuccia F., Zoppis S., Vecchiotti C. and Vanin S. (2018) Record of Leptometopa latipes (Diptera: Milichiidae) from a human cadaver in the Mediterranean area. Forensic Sciences Research https://doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2018.1490473
5. Giordani G., Tuccia F., Floris I. and Vanin S. (2018) First record of Phormia regina (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from mummies at the Sant’Antonio Abate Cathedral of Castelsardo, Sardinia, Italy. PeerJ 6:e4176 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4176
6. Lo Pinto S., Giordani G., Tuccia F., Ventura F., Vanin S. (2017) First records of Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Diptera: Muscidae) from forensic cases in Italy. Forensic Science International 276. e1-e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.05.003
7. Tuccia F., Giordani G., Vanin S. (2016) A general review of the most common COI primers for Calliphoridae identification in Forensic Entomology. Forensic Science International: Genetics 24, e9-e11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.07.003
8. Giordani G., Barraco M., Giangrande A., Martinelli G., Perini G., Bernardoni R. (2016) The human Smoothened inhibitor PF-04449913 induces exit from quiescence and loss
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of multipotent Drosophila hematopoietic progenitor cells. Oncotarget 7:55313-55327. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.10879
9. Tuccia F., Giordani G., Vanin S. (2016) A combined protocol for identification of maggots of forensic interest. Science and Justice 56 (4). pp. 264-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2016.04.001
Articles and Chapter of Books Submitted or under Submission 1. Giordani G., Erauw C., Eeckhout P. A., Owens L.S., Vanin S. (2018) Patterns of camelid sacrifice at the site of Pachacamac, Peruvian Central Coast, during the Late Intermediate Period (AD1000-1470): perspectives from funerary archaeoentomology. Journal of Archaeological Science – submitted –
Posters and Presentation at National and International Meetings 1. Giordani G., Vanin S. Identification of puparia from forensic and archaeological contexts. XV International Meeting of European Association for Forensic
Entomology (EAFE) – 2018 Munich, Germany - ORAL PRESENTATION
2. Pradelli J., Giordani G., Tuccia F., Vanin S. A protocol for puparia identification: the cleaning process. XV International Meeting of European Association for Forensic
Entomology (EAFE) – 2018 Munich, Germany - POSTER
3. Prashasti S., Subham M., Tuccia F., Giordani G., Vanin S. Beef DNA characterization from gut content of larvae of Megaselia scalaris (Diptera, Phoridae) for forensic investigations. XV International Meeting of European Association for Forensic
Entomology (EAFE) – 2018 Munich, Germany - POSTER
4. Subham M., Prashasti S., Tuccia F., Giordani G., Vanin S. Pork DNA characterization from gut content of larvae of Megaselia scalaris (Diptera, Phoridae) for forensic investigations. XV International Meeting of European Association for Forensic
Entomology (EAFE) – 2018 Munich, Germany - POSTER
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5. Giordani G., Vanin S. Characterization and identification of puparia of Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Muscidae) from forensic and archaeological contexts. Royal Entomological Society PG Forum – 2018 Warwick, UK- ORAL PRESENTATION
6. G. Giordani, F. Tuccia, S. Vanin. Archaeoentomological studies provide information about the biodiversity of the Sardinian entomofauna in the last centuries. European PhD Network in “Insect Sciences” - 2017 Naples, Italy. – ORAL PRESENTATION
7. G. Giordani, F. Tuccia, S. Vanin. Protocollo per l’identificazione molecolare di esemplari immaturi e adulti di insetti di interesse forense preservandone la morfologia. Dal Cadavere al laboratorio, un percorso condiviso. I° Congresso Intergruppi GIPF, GeFI, GTFI, GIEF e GIAOF. 2017 Villa Simius, Italy – ORAL PRESENTATION
8. Lo Pinto S., Giordani G., Tuccia F., Ventura F., Vanin S. First records of Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Diptera: Muscidae) from forensic cases in Italy. XIV
International Meeting of European Association for Forensic Entomology (EAFE) – 2017 Treviso, Italy - ORAL PRESENTATION
9. Giordani G., Vanin S. Characterization and identification of puparia of Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Muscidae) from forensic and archaeological contexts. II International Conference in Funerary Archaeoentomology (ICFAE) – 2017 Treviso, Italy - ORAL PRESENTATION
10. Giordani G., Vanin S. Protocollo per l’identificazione molecolare di esemplari adulti di Sarcophagidae senza alterare l’aspetto morfologico. I incontro Nazionale di Entomologia forense - GIEF - 2016 Rome, Italy - ORAL PRESENTATION
11. Giordani G., Vanin S. Caratterizzazione ed identificazione di pupari del genere Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Muscidae) in contesto forense e archeologico. I incontro Nazionale di Entomologia forense - GIEF - 2016 Rome, Italy – POSTER
12. Giordani G., Vanin S. A contribution to the knowledge about funerary practices and pathogen vectors in peruvian pre-columbian population. PGR Conference -2016 Huddersfield, United Kingdom – ORAL PRESENTATION
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13. Giordani G., Vanin S. A contribution to the knowledge about funerary practices and pathogen vectors in peruvian pre-columbian population. European PhD Network in “Insect Sciences” - 2016 La Colle sur Loup, France. – ORAL PRESENTATION
14. Tuccia F., Giordani G., Vanin S. A combined protocol for identification of maggots of forensic interest. XIII. European PhD Network in “Insect Sciences” - 2016 La Colle sur Loup, France. - POSTER
15. Tuccia F., Giordani G., Vanin S. Molecular biologist, please, do not destroy the evidence! Symposium - IALM - 2016 Venice, Italy - POSTER
16. Tuccia F., Giordani G., Vanin S. A combined protocol for identification of maggots of forensic interest. XIII. International Meeting - EAFE - 2016 Budapest, Hungary - POSTER
17. Giordani G., O’Connell S., Whitmore D., Vanin S. Non-invasive molecular approach for adult fly identification. XIII. International Meeting - EAFE - 2016 Budapest, Hungary - POSTER
18. Tuccia F., Giordani G., Vanin S. Molecular biologist, please, do not destroy the evidence! I incontro Nazionale di Entomologia forense - GIEF - 2015 Rome, Italy - POSTER
19. Bernardoni R., Di Candia G., Giordani G., De Giorgio E., De Grandis L., Milazzo G., Erriquez D., Ferrucci F., Norris M.D., Haber M., Perini G. Altered Myc/Max ratio induces an eye to wing homeotic transformation by controlling HOX genes expression. 2015 Cortona, Italy - POSTER
5 Scholarship & Awards 5.1 Scholarship 2018 - Bursary from the "van Emden Scholarship Fund" of The Entomological Club - UK 2015 - 3Years Full Time PhD funded by Leverhulme Trust scholarship – UK 2013 – 1 Year Scholarship funded by University of Turin - Italy
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6 Certification - Teaching Assistant Preparation Programme (TAPP), October 2017, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
7 Teaching 7.1 Previous teaching and Research Degree Activities
Academic BSc, MSc Supervision year I have been involved the supervision of the final project of several UG and PG and I 2015-2018 was involved in providing support during the practicals of the following modules: Forensic Biology (MSc), Forensic Entomology (MSc and BSc) and Crime scene investigation (MSc).
Academic European Researchers’ Night @ Huddersfield University (UK) year I have been involved in planning, preparation and supervision of an activity open to 2015-2016 the public, from children to adults. They took part in a guided dig, found and retrieved bone remains and identified both the kind of animal and the part of the skeleton by comparing it to the pictures.
Academic Tutor in laboratory activities of the course in functional genetic of Prof year Roberto Bernardoni to the first year of Molecular and Industrial 2013-2014 biotechnologist class degree, Faculty of Science @ University of Bologna (Italy) I have been involved in the planning, preparation and supervision of experimental work in functional genetic laboratory (29 students). Students activities consisted of immunohistochemistry on different genetic samples of Drosophila melanogaster embryos.
Academic Tutor in laboratory activities of the course in functional genetic of Prof year Roberto Bernardoni to the first year of Molecular and Industrial 2012-2013 biotechnologist class degree, Faculty of Science @ University of Bologna (Italy)
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I have been involved in the planning, preparation and supervision of experimental work in functional genetic laboratory (54 students). Students activities consisted of immunohistochemistry on different genetic samples of Drosophila melanogaster embryos.
8 Relating and Supporting 8.1 Foreign languages and periods in foreign countries - Italian Mother tongue - English Reading: good; Writing: good; Verbal: good IELTS - British Council, 17 01 2015 - European level: B2 From September 2015 to present I am living in England (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) - Spanish Reading: basic; Writing: basic; Verbal: basic European level: A1
9 Referees
Dr. Stefano VANIN Dr. Roberto BERNARDONI Reader/ Associate Professor Assistant Professor/Lecturer of Genetics in Forensic Biology Director of the Secure Societies Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology School of Applied Sciences, (FaBit), University of Huddersfield, UK University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Queensgate, Huddersfield Via Francesco Selmi 3 HD1 3DH, UK 40100 BOLOGNA (Italy) Tel: +44(0)1484 47 3179 Tel: +39 051 209 4185/4187 [email protected] [email protected]
Giorgia Giordani
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